People v. Porter

Defendant is charged with a violation of section 6 of the Act of 1919 regarding payment of wages, which makes it a misdemeanor for an employer, under the conditions and with the intent therein mentioned, to refuse to pay the wages of an employee when due and demanded. The complaining witness, Mrs. Gerrity, was hired by defendant as manager of an apartment house under an agreement by which she was to receive $25 per month and the use of an apartment, and was to pay the bills for her laundry, ice and milk, and, according to defendant, some other matters, all of which he testified were to be…